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Meath put first dent in Deise title tilt
MEATH…1-09 WATERFORD…0-10 Orla Finnegan’s sixth minute ‘major’ ultimately proved the decisive factor as travelling Meath put the first dent in Waterford’s Lidl NFL title ambitions in Dungarvan on Sunday afternoon. The result of which was, consequently, that Wayne Freeman’s team re-ignited their own ambitions of reaching the same fixture in a few weeks time. Finnegan’s…
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King the Royal blue hero!
MEATH…1-20 DERRY…1-18 It might surprise some people to know that the phenom of players lining out for more than one county is not as rare as might be thought. Now read on… How far back do you want to go? To Dessie Ferguson playing with Dublin and Meath, or Joey Tormey doing likewise? Or Eddie…
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Transfers often leave players stuck between two stools
It was learnt a long time ago that communication via text message or WhatsApp or email or online forums can be tricky business. Leave aside issues like predictive text or space contraints, from personal experience, the biggest drawback to communication in such ways is an inability to display or convey context or emotion to your…
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It is not as bad as first imagined
MEATH… 1-21 CORK… 1-23 If it looks too good to be true, it generally is. For about five minutes of this cracking NFL Div. 2 encounter at Pairc Ui Rinn, it apprared Meath were once again going to pull off the seemingly impossible and steal a victory. Alas Ciaran Caulfield’s valiant two point effort dropped…
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Selections for Naas – Feb. 22nd 2026
2.00: STAR OF THE WEEK (RICKY DOYLE/ARTHUR MOORE) 2.30: MAJOLIQUE (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.00: CUT THE ROPE – EW – (KIEREN BUCKLEY/E. & P. HARTY) 3.30: MELBOURNE SHAMROCK (DONAGH MEYLER/EMMET MULLINS) 4.00: LOW KICK (HARRY SWAN/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.30: CAPTAIN GUINNESS (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.00: THREE IN A ROW – EW – (RICKY DOYLE/ARTHUR MOORE)
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Beware the pride of wounded lions
IRELAND…42 ENGLAND…21 If the forthcoming production was in relation to association football, one would automatically assume it was an England team to whom reference was being made. Given that they have three of the members of the feline family as the crest on their jersey. Now read on… But no, the wounded Lions in this…
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Shine returns to brighten Meath’s prospects
Having been an absentee for the defeat to Westmeath in Mullingar a fortnight ago, Tom Shine will be a welcome sight on the horizon for Johnny Greville et al as will the home comforts of St Loman’s Park in Trim as Meath aim to get their NHL Div. 2 campaign back on track against Derry…
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Selections for Fairyhouse – Feb. 21st 2026
1.00: EAGLE’S QUEST (DANNY MULLINS/MAGS MULLINS) 1.30: MODE AVION (JOSH WILLIAMSON (5)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.05: SPORTINTHEPARK – EW – (KEITH DONOGHUE/NOEL MEADE) 2.38: TEDS CORNER (DAN KING/TONY MARTIN) 3:15: ANSWER TO KAYF – EW – (JOHN SHINNICK/TERENCE O’BRIEN) 3.45: ROKATHIR – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 4.20: DECIMATION – EW – (CALUM HOGAN (7)/ERIC MCNAMARA)…
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Two changes for Royals ahead of Deise dance
As they strive to get their Lidl National League campaign back on track, Meath have made two changes ahead of the long run down to tackle Waterford in Round 4, Manager Wayne Freeman has recalled both Megan Thynne and Rachel Casserly, who come in to replace Meadhbh Byrne and Ciara Lawlor. Casserly’s inclusion sees Orla…
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Believe half of what you see and a lower percentage of what you hear
On paper at least, Meath have made only one change ahead of Sunday’s NFL Div. 2 Round 4 meeting with Cork at Pairc Ui Rinn. But it would be no shock whatsoever if there’s at least one more to go along with it. For what it’s worth, as per what has been published, the one…
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